Virtual Dialogues: My Conversation with Rod Humble, CEO of Linden Lab
Identity and Expression, Privacy and Protection, Second Life, Virtual World Platforms | (52)
Long-term residents of Second Life would probably experience the little shiver of recognition that I did during a long-ranging interview with Rod Humble, the new CEO of Linden Lab.
"For me, the hook was the moment I created something," Humble told me. "It was the moment I made a cube and then checked off 'activate physics' and watched as the cube fell to the ground and bounced to its side."
For many Second Life users, that initial 'aha' moment is often something so simple that it later seems difficult to describe the power of the experience: the moment you rez a prim ...